翻譯

See also: 翻訳, 飜譯, and 翻译

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	to translate; to interpret
trad. (翻譯)		翻	譯
simp. (翻译)		翻	译
alternative forms		繙譯 dated 飜譯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fānyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄧˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фанйи (fanyi, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ jik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fân-yi̍t
• Eastern Min (BUC): huăng-ĭk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-ia̍k / hoan-e̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huêng¹ êg⁸ / huang¹ êg⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fe-yiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānyì → fānyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄧˋ → ㄈㄢ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanyi̊
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-i⁵
    • Yale: fān-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fan.yih
    • Palladius: фаньи (fanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ i⁵¹/ → /fän⁵⁵ i²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фанйи (fanyi, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fæ̃²⁴ i²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ jik⁶
    • Yale: fāan yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ jɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˊ id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˊ (r)id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)it̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng-ĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: huan-ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'iak
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /huan³³ iak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: huan-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'ek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huêng¹ êg⁸ / huang¹ êg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hueng e̍k / huang e̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueŋ³³⁻²³ ek̚⁴/, /huaŋ³³⁻²³ ek̚⁴/

Note:

• huêng1 êg8 - Chaozhou;
• huang1 êg8 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fe-yiq
    • MiniDict: fe^平 yih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fe-hhiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fe⁵⁵ ɦiɪʔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phjon yek

Rime
Character	翻	譯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	孚袁切	羊益切
Baxter	phjon	yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐn/	/jiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐn/	/jiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɐn/	/iæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuan/	/jiajk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰiuɐn/	/iɛk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwɐn/	/jĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯wɐn/	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fān	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan1	jik6

Verb

翻譯

1. to translate (to change spoken words or written text from one language to another)

   口頭翻譯／口头翻译  ―  kǒutóu fānyì  ―  interpretation

   參考翻譯／参考翻译  ―  cānkǎo fānyì  ―  reference translation

   文學翻譯／文学翻译  ―  wénxué fānyì  ―  literary translation

   把A翻譯成B／把A翻译成B  ―  bǎ A fānyì chéng B  ―  to translate A into B

   會議室設置了同步翻譯的設備。 [MSC, trad.]
   会议室设置了同步翻译的设备。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huìyìshì shèzhì le tóngbù fānyì de shèbèi. [Pinyin]

   The conference room is equipped with synchronous translation facilities.

2. (genetics) to translate (to generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule)

Synonyms

• (to translate): (to do written translation) 筆譯／笔译 (bǐyì), (to do interpreting, originally referred to translation generally) 傳譯／传译 (chuányì), 翻 (fān), 譯／译 (yì), (to do interpreting) 口譯／口译 (kǒuyì)

Noun

翻譯

1. translator; interpreter (Classifier: 名; 位)

   隨身翻譯／随身翻译  ―  suíshēn fānyì  ―  personal translator

Synonyms

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• 口譯員 / 口译员 (kǒuyìyuán) (interpreter)
• 口譯者 / 口译者 (kǒuyìzhě) (interpreter)
• 翻譯員 / 翻译员 (fānyìyuán)
• 翻譯官 / 翻译官 (fānyìguān)
• 翻譯者 / 翻译者 (fānyìzhě)
• 舌人 (shérén) (literary)
• 譯匠 / 译匠 (yìjiàng) (literary)
• 譯員 / 译员 (yìyuán)
• 譯者 / 译者 (yìzhě)
• 通事 (tōngshì) (archaic)
• 通事官 (tōngshìguān) (archaic)
• 通司 (tōngsī) (archaic)
• 通譯 / 通译 (tōngyì) (dated)
• 通譯員 / 通译员 (tōngyìyuán)

 

Derived terms

• 功能翻譯理論 / 功能翻译理论 (gōngnéng fānyì lǐlùn)
• 口譯 / 口译 (kǒuyì)
• 機器翻譯 / 机器翻译 (jīqì fānyì)
• 機械翻譯 / 机械翻译 (jīxiè fānyì)
• 筆譯 / 笔译 (bǐyì)
• 翻譯學 / 翻译学 (fānyìxué)
• 翻譯官 / 翻译官 (fānyìguān)
• 翻譯家 / 翻译家 (fānyìjiā)
• 翻譯研究 / 翻译研究 (fānyì yánjiū)
• 翻譯腔 / 翻译腔 (fānyìqiāng)
• 高翻院 (gāofānyuàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (翻譯):

• → Japanese: 翻訳(ほんやく) (hon'yaku)
• → Korean: 번역(飜譯) (beonyeok)
• → Vietnamese: phiên dịch (翻譯)

Others:

• → Lü: ᦝᦱᧃᧈᦍᦲᧉ (faan¹yii²)

See also

• 傳譯／传译 (chuányì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
翻	譯
ほん Grade: S	やく Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翻譯 – see the following entry.

【翻訳ほんやく】 [noun] translation [verb] to translate

(This term, 翻譯, is a variant kyūjitai form of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
翻	譯

Noun

翻譯 • (beonyeok) (hangeul 번역)

1. Alternative form of 飜譯 (“translation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
翻	譯

Verb

翻譯

1. chữ Hán form of phiên dịch (“to translate”).